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Made For This Day
What were we made for if not for this day? A poem about tension between the sacred uniqueness of a single day and the anxiety of time.
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What were we made for if not for this day?
This one and only very special, one-of-a-kind day.
A day that will never happen again.
The boring and the mundane strike me. Take hold of me and consume most of my body, most of this day. I walk to get coffee, and I wave to the neighbor girl as I stroll by.
How do I not know her name?
I worry the dish won't be done on time.
I worry the guests are about to arrive and I have nothing worth giving them.
Just Macy. Happy and tail wagging all the time. Surely this is enough.
Today is Sunday. A day we’re supposed to rest - soak up the glory of God and all his creation.
Not this day, though. This Sunday comes with the scaries. Today, I worry and today, I wasted much of the day. I noticed the dread and I sat in it, stared at it, fixated on it. It would barely let me go. No movement and little real flow. A day intended for rest turned into a day full of friction.
What about tomorrow?? What will I do? What’s in store? What if bad things that once happened in the past happen again and we didn’t prepare today?
God tells us - you will have bread to eat. Why do you worry?
Manna - but only if you believe.
Do you believe?
I do. I am tired and I am weary. I fight invisible enemies that have stolen the bigness of this day and yet, I will start fresh and new tomorrow, on a better day.
The friction and fragility of life is felt in big and small ways by me every single day, and yet, I am still growing through it.
Author:
Autumn Manning, Founder of Faana
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